Don’t read this article on desert recipes expecting to get ideas for sweet after dinner treats. Don’t read it for tips on healthy ends to nutritious meals either. Please don’t be confused. The often sweet end to a meal is a dessert, while a desert is an often sandy and hot but always dry area. Read on to learn tips about cooking in the hot desert.
A desert is practically ready-made for food preparation because of one important element. That’s the sun. It’s a tremendous source of heat, particularly in hot deserts where temperatures can reach 150F and even higher. If harnessed, it can mean cooking without modern appliances like microwaves, stoves or even gas or charcoal grills.
Solar cookers are easy to find or even to make. The temperature in such cookers can reach near 300F, which is fine for cooking almost anything that can be found in desert recipes. This means cooking hot dogs, hamburgers, steaks, and even stews or spaghetti. There are two issues to consider. This is slow cooking. It’s an all-day affair. It takes constant realignment of the solar cooker to keep the sun focused. And when the sun isn’t shining, on a cloudy day or at night, a solar cooker is no good.
Solar cooking has some unique advantages too. Slow cooked food is melt in your mouth moist. Because the cooking is so slow, there’s no need to worry about burning it. Have your doubts? Try rice on the stove for an extra minute. Plus cooking over a longer period means more time to savor the aromas. Cooking isn’t just cooking and eating, it’s presentation and experience too. And don’t worry about food not browning in a solar cooker. If there’s some fat, the meat will brown.
Is it time for the desert recipes? As mentioned before there are a variety of recipes for everything from eggs to pastas and even casseroles These and others can be found with a quick Google search.
The sun makes desert recipes a snap to cook.
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